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View fullsize Today's afternoon hike at Ledgeview with @khadwin and Murphy. Forgot to start my tracker, but the route is about 7.5K. ;)
View fullsize So, the planned 20K+ on the trails turned into 27K and 1200 metres of elevation gain. Also, I got to rescue a little snake from getting squished on the trail near the lookout. :) Definitely wouldn't have gotten it done without Kelly M, who ran the
View fullsize I know I have promised some of my coaching clients some ideas for veggie dishes this week, but instead... here's some pizzas! At-home date night with my Super-Wifey, so made Neapolitan style pizzas with my sourdough crust and an assortment of toppin
View fullsize Today's BTG Spartan Team run. 8.6 km / 358m elevation for me. Felt warmer than the 17 degrees C it was supposed to be, but absolutely beautiful conditions on the trails! #spartantraining #trailrunning #btgfitness
View fullsize Some shots from my solo 19.2 km / 903 m elevation trail run on McKee Peak last Thursday. Strava always flatters with its time it attaches to the photo, so please ignore the 2h54m time it shows - my actual elapsed time was 3h27m! Despite how much ti
View fullsize Pics from this morning's BTG Spartan Team Runs (hikes, really - only a bit of running actually happened...LOL). About 13.4k and 599 metres of elevation in a little under 3 hours on the trails, the aim was just to keep moving as much as possible. Th
View fullsize Pics from this morning's BTG Spartan Team trail runs. I totalled 13.68 km / 596 m of elevation, including doing my least-favourite thing on Ledgeview - running all the way down the main access road. :( I had to get to the bottom quickly from.just b
View fullsize Today's long run. Feeling pretty beat up, but with the weather forecast over the next couple of days, wasn't sure I'd get another chance to get a long one in this week. Just short of a half marathon distance on the road with 493m of elevation gain,
View fullsize Pics from this morning's BTG Spartan Team trail run. Longest run since my return to training. Speed is still not there and I felt totally depleted by the end, but I'm grateful to be able to do what I can! Thanks to @anitar6xo @amccauley13 @madylin
View fullsize Had a little extra time this morning, so decided to try a new route after the EMD climb / Goodbrand / Regal stretch, turning left onto Whatcom off of Regal, then around McKee to tie into the usual loop. Not bad, but not quite as long as I expected,
View fullsize A few pictures from this morning's run. 9.74 km / 289 m of elevation in 1h10m. Focused on keeping my heart rate down (for me) and averaged 153 bpm. Need to get serious about my training now that I have committed to running the 25K Run For Water Tr
View fullsize Today's run. Felt OK, weather was perfect! #spartantraining #endurancetraining #btgfitness
View fullsize I was angry at myself for missing my planned run yesterday, so I decided to just push for 90 minutes and see what that got me. Answer: 13.07 km with 323 m elevation #spartantraining #endurancetraining #trainingangry #btgfitness
View fullsize Gorgeous views from the lookout on this morning's BTG Spartan Team trail run. Just me and Kelly M, and man, was I struggling to keep up with him on some of the ups! Dude has some wheels for sure! We completed 10.79 km with 512m of elevation in 1h4
View fullsize Not much to see from the lookout on this morning's trail run! Thanks to @madylinerycroft and @kira.m.siou for joining me. :) #spartantraining #trailrunning #btgfitness
View fullsize A few pics from yesterday's hike / trail run at McKee Peak (Ledgeview). Beautiful, crisp, autumn conditions made it such a joy to be out on the trails despite my still-working-on-it level of conditioning making it a pretty challenging 90 minutes! T
View fullsize Beautiful autumn colour from the Japanese maple in our backyard. Almost looks like a giant maple leaf made out of maple leaves!
View fullsize So much evil in so little time...LOL! Talk about a reality check - @cheryl.unger23 put a serious beatdown on me when I joined her for tonight's workout. She may have thought I was joking when I said "I'll try to keep up." Not joking. Not
View fullsize My youngest daughter, Kira, said, "This is the best thing you've ever made." :) Sangiovese braised beef over linguine, accompanied by simple blanched asparagus with olive oil and pecorino. 2 hours braising = perfectly tender beef (inexpen
View fullsize A couple of pictures from this morning's run at Willband Creek. Contrary to the redness of the sky (due to wildfire smoke), we were not running on Mars...LOL. Thanks to @amccauley13 for helping pace me to a much-improved amount of continuous runnin